ATAK PCAS Test Video
Here’s a story and video about DARPA’s Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) program, including a video. From the article,
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Nett Warrior Trade Study Chooses ATAK
The Nett Warrior program commissioned a trade study a trade study of various mobile mapping solutions over the past year. The study was conducted by the Army Geospatial Center, part of the Army Corps of Engineers. They selected ATAK over others in the field, including ESRI’s CJMTK. One thing that makes this selection particularly noteworthy is that it was selected …
Nett Warrior Trade Study Chooses ATAK MoreData Ferrying with UAS
Here’s a research paper written to describe AFRL’s project using TAKServer (MARTI) to do data ferrying between disconnected systems. Abstract—The effectiveness of ground-based, wireless tactical data networks is often constrained by limitations such as communication range and line-of-sight. SATCOM is not always available because it is relatively expensive and highly contended. Data ferrying is an alternative method of data transfer …
Data Ferrying with UAS MoreAFRL Leverages ATAK for iSTAC Program
From Defense News Systems: The Air Force is starting a new program that could potentially allow users other than the pilot to control airborne sensors—allowing shared access for multiple warfighters. The Information Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory released a presolicitation for the Information Management-Enabled Sensor Tasking and Ad Hoc Control program yesterday. [snip] AFRL plans to leverage three sets of …
AFRL Leverages ATAK for iSTAC Program MoreATAK Wikipedia Page & Tech Transfer Plan
I did a public release presentation at MITRE on ATAK and the ATAK Technology transfer plan this month. Someone started a Wikipedia page on the project and posted the presentation there. The presentation lays out the rationale and capabilities of the program, why we should make TAK widely distributed, out to the civilian world and why it is that this matters to the DoD …
ATAK Wikipedia Page & Tech Transfer Plan MoreRome Sentinel Covers ATAK
This article, somewhat in response to the Draper article was posted in the Rome Sentinel. Its a quick overview of ATAK and TAKServer. From the article, An Android Tactical Assault Kit application being developed for the military by the Rome Air Force Research Laboratory in conjunction with several private contractors can be used on battlefields to call in airstrikes, among …
Rome Sentinel Covers ATAK MoreRT Covers ATAK Development
RT News (Russian Times — a Russian State media source) covers ATAK, with a somewhat negative spin, based on the Draper news report: A US lab is working on an Android application which would enable troops to call in airstrikes and control drones via a smartphone. Dubbed the Android Terminal Assault Kit (ATAK), the map-based prototype app is said to …
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